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20 Articles in March 2007
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Chinese city commissions distinctive cable-stayed bridge

City chiefs in the Chinese city of Taiyuan have chosen Hyder Consulting's design for a distinctive five-arch cable-stayed structure as the (...)

Work starts on Phu My Bridge

Construction has begun this week of Vietnam's Phu My (...)

Full-sized Dutch bridge travels to Paris composites show

A complete 24.5m-span composite bridge is being taken by road from Rotterdam to Paris for display at next week's JEC trade (...)

Transit New Zealand awards Harbour Link contract

Fletcher Construction has won a US$93 million contract for the second stage of the SH29 Harbour Link (...)

Finley Engineering appoints three principals

Bridge engineering and construction consultant Finley Engineering Group has added three principals to the firm's management (...)

Grand Canyon Skywalk opens

Indian leaders and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin were yesterday among the first people to try out a spectacular new horseshoe-shaped (...)

More than 60 die in Guinea collapse

Sixty-five people have been reported killed following the collapse today of a bridge in the south-east of Guinea in west (...)

Tunnel scheme prompts strengthening of Shanghai bridge

A century-old bridge over Shanghai's Suzhou Creek is to be strengthened as there are concerns that construction of a nearby tunnel could damage (...)

First Tacoma expansion joint set to arrive on site

The 100t west expansion joint is due to arrive early next week at the Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction site in the US state of (...)

Broader strategy promised for new Forth crossing

The Scottish Executive will be looking at a 'broader strategy' for the Forth estuary when it builds a new Forth crossing, which is expected (...)

Court decision clears way for Dresden bridge

A German court has said that a project to build a new bridge over the River Elbe in Dresden should go ahead, even though the scheme could (...)

Missouri awards emergency bridge repair contracts

The Department of Transportation in the US state of Missouri has awarded two emergency contracts for the repair of pedestrian bridges after a 23m (...)

Plans announced to tackle Severn Bridge corrosion

England's Highways Agency has announced a first phase of work to address corrosion in the main suspension cables of the M48 Severn (...)

Oklahoma approves design work for 24 bridges

Members of Oklahoma Transportation Commission have approved engineering contracts worth a total of US$4.4 million for 10 firms to design 24 (...)

Abigroup wins Coolac contract

Abigroup Contractors has been awarded a US$140 million contract to build the Coolac bypass in New South Wales, (...)

Shortlist announced for Manchester footbridge

Four teams of engineers and architects have been shortlisted to design a new footbridge over the Rochdale Canal in the New Islington development (...)

Massive Bay Bridge section passes through Panama Canal

A huge section of the marine foundation for the signature span of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge has been taken through the Panama Canal (...)

Highways Agency starts on corrosion prevention project

A low-voltage current system is being installed to prevent corrosion on a bridge over the River Derwent in (...)

Buckland & Taylor design picked for Indian River Bridge

A team made up of PCL Civil Constructors with VSL and designer Buckland & Taylor has won the design and build competition for the new Indian (...)

Work starts on Indus River bridge

Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf officiated yesterday at the ground-breaking ceremony for a new bridge over the Indus River to improve (...)